Army and air force contingents have been rushed in to assist in relief and rescue operations.
It is a complete mayhem in West Bengal, Manipur and Odisha with more than 60 dead
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'When incidents of stone pelting at the aircraft occurred, the boys were careful that they continued with the rescue because finally we had to save lives.' A senior Indian Air Force officer, who is a veteran of flood rescue ops in Uttarakhand, Bihar, Gujarat and the Bombay deluge, tells Archana Masih/Rediff.com about the rescue operations in Kashmir, one of the first such efforts in a densely populated and urban area.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will restart its flood-hit Hazira gas plant in Gujarat on August 19, two-days ahead of schedule to avert a fuel supply crisis particularly for CNG operations in New Delhi.
Food packets and water bottles were being aerially dropped to marooned people, he added.
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Residents said that the Congress leader was a spitting image of her grand mother and her entrance into politics had lent fresh energy to the party.
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There were some media persons present at the New Delhi Railway Station, but they did not get a chance to talk to Salem.
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'The government and railways are looking after us, but I just want to get home.'
Sania Mirza was on Saturday conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honor, while shooting sensation was among the Arjuna award recipients in a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
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The Kerala government has set up a web site, keralarescue.in, to coordinate relief and aid for the floods-affected people. It has also set up a website for online transfer of donations towards flood relief.
Around 13 million people continue to battle "catastrophic" flooding and torrential rains in storm-ravaged Texas where Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc.
The authorities had been alerted to issue first flood warning if outflow crossed 3.95 lakh cusecs.
A batch of 40 Armymen arrived at Ponnurangapuram this noon for building a temporary bridge with sand bags.
106 people died on a single day on Thursday.
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"There is no change in situation. It may take a couple of days for the water to recede and restart of the facility," an ONGC official said.\n\n
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Major rivers like Bagmati, Kosi, Kresh and Gandak continued to recede, a Central Water Commission report said.
The relief materials will be for the marooned people in Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Supaul, Saharsa, Purnea, East and West Champaran districts.
Russell had opted out of the three-match T20I series against India due to an injury, but he turned up for Vancouver Knights to play in the T20 tournament in Canada.
Nearly 5 lakh people in Jajpur district of Orissa were affected as the river Brahmani, its tributary the Kharashrota, and the river Baitarani inundated vast areas with the calamities claiming three lives in the state, official sources said on Sunday.
